Faculty News Continued

• Christopher Gregg recently presented a lecture for the Smithsonian Resident Associates program titled “Africa Proconsularis: The Romans in Tunisia” in which he discussed the history and archaeological remains of the Romans in that area of north Africa. Then, from May to June, he returned for a fourth season at the Villa of Maxentius excavations on the Via Appia in Rome. He continued to serve as registrar for the analysis and cataloging of the material culture from the excavations, but the departure of one of the project directors because of a medical emergency resulted in his being names interim director of academics for the field-school portion of the project. In that capacity, he gave lectures on Roman sculpture, painting, and mosaics, and led site visits to the Roman Forum and along the tombs of the Appia Antica.
• This past year, Carol Mattusch has continued to work on her National Gallery of Art exhibition “Pompeii and the Roman Villa: Art and Culture around the Bay of Naples.” The catalogue was turned over to the printers in Verona in June, and over the summer, the museum’s Department of Installation and Design worked to prepare the East Building galleries for the show. The exhibition opened on October 19 with an afternoon lecture by Mattusch and it runs through March 22. Watch for stories in Washingtonian magazine, Minerva magazine, and the Art Newspaper.
• Margaret Richardson wrote “Understanding the Importance of Eclecticism: K. G. Subramanyan and Twentieth-Century Indian Art,” which was published in the fall 2007 issue of Southeast Review of Asian Studies. She has a busy semester developing two new courses on contemporary art in Africa and Asia that have proven to be a big success with students. Over the summer, she had the chance to visit exhibitions on contemporary Chinese and Indian art while driving the northwest coast from Seattle (which she loved) to San Francisco. Of particular note were an exhibition of contemporary Chinese art that provided insight to her new research and a fabulous exhibition of an early modern Indian artist, Nandalal Bose, who figures in her previous research.
• Last year, Ellen Todd gave two distinguished visiting professor lectures on her Triangle Fire photographs – one at Randolph Macon College, the other closer to home at American University. She spent a big of the summer traveling up the Hudson River to visit some of the Gilded Age sites for her Art and Culture in the Gilded Age course this fall. (She highly recommends Olana, home of the artists Frederic Church, for both its Orientalist architecture and spectacular views of the Hudson.) This course marks a turning point for Todd; she is braving technology to teach her first digital presentations. Farewell to slides!